Tie and collar stay



July 8, 1947. J. HUMPOLA 2,423,776

TIE AND COLLAR STAY Filed April 22 1946 I ii I I Inventor E 3 17 1 41214 J.- .Humpa/a WW 15. m

Patented July 8, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE TIE AND COLLAR STAY Frank J. Humpola, Rosenberg, Tex. Application April 22, 1946, Serial No. 663,787

2 Claims.

The present invention pertains to novel and useful improvements in a tie and collar stay and more explicitly consists of a brace to hold a shirt collar in position and to support a bow tie thereon. I

The pricipal objects of the invention are to provide a neat, unobtrusive and efficient means for holding the shirt collar points of work clothes, uniforms and the like securely in place without danger of the collar crawling or slipping.

Other important objects of the invention reside in arranging a satisfactory, inexpensive article for detachably supporting a. bow tie in position and providing for its ready removability.

These, together with numerous and other ancillary objects which will later become manifest as the following description proceeds, are attained by my invention, one embodiment of which I have disclosed by way of illustration only in the accompanyin drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a, rear elevation showing my invention with a bow tie mounted thereon;

Figure 2 is a front elevation showing the invention applied to a collar and tie;

Figure 3 is a detail, partly in section upon the line 3-3 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of a portion of the tie clip.

Particular reference is now made to the drawings, wherein generally indicates my improved tie and collar stay consistin f a bar or strip I2 of metal or plastic having a loop 14 at each extremity, each loop terminating in a depending arm It. The arms and loops are tubular and preferably fabricated from a flexible plastic or resilient metal. The loops l4 and arms It may be formed of unitary tubular material or, if preferred, may be separately constructed and integrally united as by welding or the like. The bar member I2 is of solid material and rigidly connected to the loops. Each arm and loop receives a resilient, thin wire I8 having a pointed lower end 20, and adjacent bights 22 serving to prevent recession of the point 20 upwards into the arm 16. The upper end of each wire is passed through an arc of the tubular loop, emerging through an aperture 24 in the upper surface thereof and terminates in barbed member 26. The wire I8 is prevented from slipping or being pulled downwardly to the aperture 24 and tubular loop M by the frictional resistance of the spring wire against the arc of the loop and by the barb 26 whose hook prevents entry into the aperture.

As shown more clearly in Figure 4, the bar I2 has a centrally disposed clip 28 composed of a pair of integral, lateral, flanged members 30 constituting clasps.

The operation of the device will now be apparent from Figure 2. A bow tie, indicated generally at 32, is formed upon the bar l2, the clasps 30 embracing a centrally positioned fold or layer of the tie material to securely grip and support the tie. The brace or stay is now placed under the front collar points, with the tie disposed upon or over the collar in its normal position. The lower points 29 are now thrust into and anchored in the peaks or points of the collar and the upper barbs 26 are inserted into the collar band of the shirt. The resiliency and stiffness of the stays keep the collar points under sufficient tension to insure their remaining in proper position while the device simultaneously supports the bow tie in its intended position.

It will be manifest from the foregoing, that I have developed an accessory which is extremely efiicient in maintaining an orderly and neat appearance of a shirt, and one which is inexpensive, not unsightly and may easily be attached or removed.

It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the exact construction disclosed but may avail myself of all modifications properly falling within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. A collar stay comprising a transverse bar, flexible loops at the extremities thereof and flexible arms depending from said loops, said stay being disposed underneath a collar, and means detachably anchoring said loops and the lower extremities of said arms to said collar, said loops and said arms being of flexible, tubular construction.

2. A collar stay comprising a transverse bar, flexible loops at the extremities thereof and flexible arms depending from said loops, said stay being disposed underneath a collar, and means detachably anchoring said loops and the lower extremities of said arms to said collar, said last mentioned means consisting of a wire extending through each arm and a portion of its attached loop, with ends protruding from an aperture at the top of the loop at the lower end of the arm, and hook means formed on the terminals of said wire.

FRANK J. I-IUMPOLA.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,164,756 Schneller Dec. 21, 1915 1,887,104 Roberts Nov. 8, 1932 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 679,813 Germany Aug. 14, 1939 

